Yihun heard Jia Xiu's words and was silent for a long time. After thinking about it, he realized that Jia Xiu's words were reasonable. Yihun was frightened and quickly asked for advice: "Master Jia, I am a rude person and I don't know how to use power and tactics."

I hope Lord Jia will not hesitate to teach you how to do this, and Yihun will be repaid!"

Jia Xiu smiled and offered three strategies to Yi Hun. Jia Xiu asked Yi Hun to take advantage of the Empress Dowager's recovery, and the Emperor to seize power during his young mourning period to consolidate his own power. Even if the Empress came back and took over the affairs of the court or the Emperor personally took charge, Yi Hun would become more powerful, and the Empress Dowager would be afraid that

The emperor also had no choice but to protect himself.

Yihun is the general of chariots and cavalry. The Northern Wei Dynasty followed the system of Han and Jin. The highest status was the general of cavalry, followed by the general of chariots and cavalry. At this time, the general of cavalry was vacant, and Yihun led the country.

The soldiers put down the rebellion of the three kings, and the military power was in his hands. What Yihun had to do was to control and gather the important officials in the court for his own use.

The first strategy proposed by Jia Xiu was to ask Yi Hun to kill some officials who were dissatisfied with Yi Hun. Then "all the officials were frightened and had no plan to come up with", and they were afraid of Yi Hun and did not dare to fight again.

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The second strategy is to kill ministers within palace confinement. You cannot kill them in the name of Yihun without authorization. Instead, you must use the orders of the emperor and the queen mother to kill officials. The best way is to correct the edict. Who dares to doubt Yihun?

Hunjiao's edict? Kill whoever is suspected until all the officials take over.

The most powerful one proposed by Jia Xiu was the third strategy. He suggested that Yihun isolate the inside and outside, so that those who dissatisfied with Yihun would not be able to see the Queen Mother and the Emperor, and then issue an edict to kill them; and even if the Queen Mother and the Emperor were against Yihun

Hun began to take precautions. By that time, Yihun's situation had become overwhelming. The Queen Mother and the Emperor could not see the ministers, so they could not cultivate their own power to fight against Yihun.

According to the ancient etiquette, after the death of his father, the eldest son must observe mourning for three years; if he is an official in the court, no matter how old he is, he will also approve Ding You for three years. The emperor will not be so long, because the emperor has to manage the court. Jia Xiu suggested that Yihun should be used as an excuse.

On the grounds that the emperor wanted to mourn in peace, the emperor was prevented from attending

In the court, all officials who want to report to the emperor have to go through him. Unfavorable things are filtered out. The emperor's will is conveyed through him, and the truth is not clear. The affairs of the outer court should be handled by himself. In this way, the emperor can deal with the outside world.

He knew nothing about the surrounding affairs, and none of the officials could see the emperor.

Yihun was overjoyed, thanked Jia Xiu, and adopted his plan. Jia Xiu said gloomily: "Taiwei, do you know who should start the process of killing dissident ministers?"

Yihun smiled and said: "Now that Master Jia is our military advisor, how dare Yihun have any reason to distrust him? But I will accept all the strategies proposed by Master Jia!"

Jia Xiu said: "Grand Lieutenant, Jia Xiu thinks that it is not appropriate to attack high-ranking officials in the court at the beginning. If important officials are punished, it may immediately alert the Queen Mother and the Emperor, making the matter difficult to handle! It is also not appropriate to kill low-ranking officials.

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The effect of fearing hundreds of officials. Does the Taiwei remember that Shangshu Yang Baoping, Pingyang Gong Jia Airen, and Nanyang Gong Zhang Tiandu came to the court to openly humiliate the Taiwei and reject the personnel appointment list drawn up by the Taiwei? "

Yi Hun said doubtfully: "These three people are extremely hateful. If they had been in front of the army, they would have been killed by Yi Hun. However, Lord Jia told me that day that I would not take these three people seriously. Instead, I reported to the emperor and the queen mother that these three people should be reused.

Let him be the supervisor of the construction of Yungang Grottoes. Mr. Jia previously advised me to repay evil with kindness, so why is he now urging me to kill these three people first?"

Jia Xiu said with a smile: "Your Majesty Taiwei, you don't know. Although these three people are not as powerful as the three princes, they are the senior officials of the Wei Dynasty. They have been assigned the position of minister and county king. They can also be called important ministers of the court. The three of them refuted the words of Taiwei.

At that time, the Taiwei had just ranked among the three Dukes.

First of all, there is no foundation. Moreover, Situ Liuni, Sikong and their slaves are also wary of the Taiwei and express their support for these three people. According to the laws of the Wei Dynasty, there is no prime minister, only three Dukes. The three Dukes restrict each other, which is actually the emperor's balancing power.

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"Both Situ and Sikong opposed the Taiwei's intention, and the Taiwei could not make decisions and implement his own policies. Therefore, Jia Xiu persuaded the Taiwei to show his virtue to the three of them, and wanted to make all the ministers think that the Taiwei was open-minded and win the hearts of everyone.

, Yi Ping Zhongshu ordered Gao Yun to be dissatisfied. Three months have passed since the incident, and all the courtiers have forgotten about it. If the Taiwei is false and kills him, the officials do not know the Taiwei's intention, and they will be afraid, and the Taiwei's power has been established.

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Yihun was overjoyed and said: "This plan is very clever. I have wanted to kill these three people for a long time! I will send an order tomorrow and send someone to take the Su Wei Yulin Army to the grotto to take the heads of these three people!"

Jia Xiu hurriedly said: "Master Taiwei, please do not act recklessly! Killing these three people is the first time the Taiwei has tried his best to see the reaction of the court. If all the officials are angry and the situation is difficult to control, I am afraid that the Taiwei will not be able to find a good strategy for a while and his body will be injured."

To retreat. Jia Xiu thought that it would be the best idea for the Taiwei to kill the three of them in the name of corruption."

Yihun thought for a while and said awkwardly: "Shang Shu Yang Baoping, Pingyang Gong Jia Airen, and Nanyang Gong Zhang Tiandu. Although these three people hold high positions, I have long heard that these three people are upright and upright in their official positions. If they are said to be corrupt, I am afraid that the world will

No one believes it!"

Jia Xiu chuckled and said: "Your Majesty Taiwei, not long after the rebellion of the three kings was put down, the imperial treasury was empty, but the late emperor followed the Queen Mother's advice and believed in Buddhism and built the Yungang Grottoes. Although the late Emperor died, the Queen Mother upheld the late Emperor's wishes.

The whole country is still devoting its efforts to building caves and promoting Buddhism."

"Therefore, in our great Wei Dynasty, among all the officials' positions, supervising the construction of Yungang Grottoes is especially a lucrative position. Since these three people have obtained a lucrative position, why worry about killing them in the name of corruption?"

Yihun sighed: "Although I recommended these three people in front of the emperor and the queen mother based on Master Jia's words, I was still unhappy in my heart, and finally wanted to kill them to calm my anger. Yihun once sent someone secretly to Yungang Grottoes

, conducted a secret investigation on these three people. The secret agent reported back that these three people were upright officials, and all the money appropriated from the treasury was used for the construction of the Buddha statues in the grottoes."

"What's more, these three people actually ignored their official authority and did it themselves, sharing the joys and sorrows with the craftsmen, building the grottoes, and even carrying the stones themselves. Such people, although they live in a prosperous position, still don't have greedy thoughts, how can they be safe?

Kill him in the name of corruption?”

Jia Xiu laughed loudly and said, "Don't worry, Taiwei. Jia Xiu has his own plan to kill these three people! Tomorrow is the day when the Ministry of Household Affairs will send money and food to Qugang Grottoes. Taiwei and Tairen can secretly send a group of close men to hand them over."

Within a month of Jia Xiu, these three people were killed because of the imperial edict!"

Yi Hun was surprised and said: "Master Jia has a wonderful plan, but Yi Hun doesn't know about it, so please give me some advice!"

Jia Xiu listened to Yi Hun and secretly whispered strategies. After hearing this, Yi Hun was very happy and said repeatedly: "Master Jia is indeed a master. The soldiers we need will be dispatched by Master Jia tomorrow!"

Early on the next morning, a large group of soldiers were waiting in a hidden place outside the city gate. Jia Xiu ordered the soldiers to remove their armor and pretend to be a caravan. He also pretended to be a businessman and led the team to Yungang Grottoes!
Chapter completed!